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  1. NHPCO advises member to look out for invoices faxed from an org with a similar name, http://www.nhpco.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageID=6151
  2. NHPCO offers notes from yesterday's MedPAC meeting where hospice rates were discussed, http://bit.ly/7Zzx5m
  3. Meet winners of the Volunteers are Foundation of Hospice and the M Catherine Ray Awards http://bit.ly/6jw5Zt
  4. NHPCO releases updated and revised "Hospice Volunteer Program Resource Manual" http://www.nhpco.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageID=6146
  5. Support Wyden-Feingold Hospice Amendment to Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, http://bit.ly/7ZQRTi
  6. Read Jane Brody's column in NY Times, "In Hospice, Care and Comfort as Life Wanes" http://bit.ly/6Agzef
  7. "Inmates assist ill and dying fellow prisoners in hospices" - USA Today http://bit.ly/4KyNv3
  8. Pssssst - Engage with Grace at www.engagewithgrace.org. Join the Blog Rally. Pass it on. #EWG
  9. NHPCO's offices will be closed on November 26 and 27 for the Thanksgiving holiday. Happy Thanksgiving!
  10. NHPCO pedatric group ChiPPS has new collection of articles on complementary therapies, http://www.nhpco.org/i4a/pages/Index.cfm?pageID=4657
  11. See "60 Minutes" piece on cost of end-of-life care (11/22/09), http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/11/19/60minutes/main5711689.shtml
  12. New helpful brochure from National Institute of Nursing Research, "Palliative Care: The Relief You Need..." http://www.ninr.nih.gov
  13. CBS's "60 Minutes" is doing a segment on costs of dying in America, this Sunday's broadcast (11/22/09). NHPCO assisted producers. Tune in.
  14. NHPCO's "View from the Hill" has an update on health care reform activity, http://bit.ly/4cVhiZ
  15. "Few Americans make end-of-life wishes known," good AP story http://bit.ly/ZWvUL
  16. Contact the Senate today, "Two Cuts are Too Much" for hospice http://bit.ly/1AhQ5s
  17. House passes reform bill. concern about hospice cuts. NHPCO update for members, http://bit.ly/AoD0A
  18. CMS clarifies reporting of visits less than 15 minutes. Read NHPCO's alert for members, http://bit.ly/1eLurg
  19. Gallup Organization: 5 Realities on Healthcare Reform http://bit.ly/3Rf5G
  20. CBS News did a piece that spoke of hospice for dementia patients http://bit.ly/4a6yon